hull

Can anyone provide some detail? For example, the books say 2 yrs for the hull, 1 for fitting out. But I would assume that "hull" refers to all the heavy metal [sorry] that required riveting, not just the hull(s) itself, but also the decks, bulkheads, and more, with the fitting out meaning...

Last year, a Yorkshire member of this forum - Ian Bland - started the ball rolling on his efforts to acheive a better understanding and appreciation of Joseph Boxhall's life and career. Among his initiatives was sounding out the Maritime Museum in Kingston Upon Hull about the possibility of...

This certainly isn't a book on Titanic but was hoping someone could help me with the term C.I.V's. Hayes is on Britannic and transporting troops. He's speaks of wanting to take the C.I.V's home but there were too many of them for his ship. Anyone know what C.I.V stands for? Thanking you...

Is there much coverage of Olympic's life in the book Hull Down? thanks Tarn Stephanos

I recently saw a documentary on the Discovery channel and they read reports from a boiler room engineer. He claimed that water was seeping in two feet above the keel plates, through 4 - 6 small slits. They did analysis on the damage and then did strength tests on rivets on the surrounding area...

I'm sure that everyone hear has seen that wonderful shot showing the Titanic not yet completed, with her name painted on her side. Well, did you know that that name was NOT on the ship's side when that photograph was taken? That's right, the name visible on the side of the ship in this pic...

Hi all. Can anyone tell me how thick the Titanic's hull was, and is such a thickness comparible to the thickness of hull on modern ships? Thank you for your time.

It is often thought that Olympic during the 1930s was in a bad condition. Expressions such as ‘severe fatigue,’ ‘cracking-up hull’ and ‘tired worn-out machinery’ are commonly used. Actually, from a brief check of the ssurveys she does not seem to have been in bad condition at all for a ship of...

The current myth of "inferior steel" evolved from pure hindsight. It is true that the steel provided to Harland & Wolff by Dalzell and D. Colvilles & Co. was produced in acid-lined open-hearth furnaces, which allowed for impurities (such as sulfur and phosphorous) in the steel. These impurities...

as titanic's body was made of strong iron how the iceberg made a hole in it